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Mobile games giant Dena secures exclusivity deal with Epic

New features include geometry tessellation and parallax occlusion mapping

The last time MCV spoke to Namco Bandai’s European VP Olivier Comte, he said the games industry was going through its ‘first big crisis.’ His comments – made during the firm’s 2010 Level Up showcase in Barcelona – were in response to a market that was struggling to deal with …

Creative agency Target Media has created six new positions to cope with fresh demand from clients. These new recruits will develop and manage the firm’s games, films, kids and digital portfolio. Digital account executive David Salman will be responsible for video game clients such as Bethesda and Codemasters. New television …

This is the latest of a series of articles from MoMinis to coincide with the launch of its $15,000 Mobile Game Development Contest – GameCast 2011. Find out more about the contest here. How does GetJar work? We allow developers to upload and promote apps for platforms including Android, Blackberry, …

We profile Rovio Mobile, Codemasters Birmingham, Playfish, Eurocom, Naturalmotion Games, Ubisoft Paris, Digital Goldfish and Criterion

Microsoft will at a conference next month discuss the possibility of asynchronous online gaming across multiple platforms including Xbox 360. "Cross-platform gameplay provides publishers with a unique opportunity to delight players on any device, at any time, wherever they are," the description of the Asynchronous Gaming with Xbox Live talk …

The teenager arrested in connection with a recent craze of website hacks will have his possessions examined for evidence linking him to the PSN attack, Scotland Yard has told Develop. The Metropolitan Police today arrested a 19 year-old Essex man in connection with a wave of website security breaches. A …

A faceless and compassion free corporation whose only interest is separating you from your cash. If that’s your perception of Activision, you’re one of the people that Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg wants to win over. "Who would be wished to be cast as the bad guy in your own …

Ben Cousins, the former studio head at British outfit EA Easy, has joined mobile games group Ngmoco. Cousins, who left EA in March, is now tasked with running and raising Ngmoco’s new Stockholm-based studio. Much of the studio’s work will be focused on building content for the social gaming platform …